I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at ZS Associates (New Delhi) in Oct 2020
Interview
Applied directly on the website.
The first round was an online assessment round. This online assessment was further divided into 3 sections each of them were elimination round.
Section-1 : Aptitude Test : Contains questions of Quant, Verbal Reasoning, Logical Reasoning, Attention to Detail and Data Interpretation. It had 46 questions to be done in 45 minutes. Level was not very difficult.
Section-2 : PSDD round : I was given a case situation like a client wants to make a mall and had contacted a contractor with his various parameters and all. A whole comprehension was there and 8-10 situation based questions with plenty of time 20-25 mins I guess.
Section-3 : Video Interview : Video questions where I was provided with 8 questions. 10 seconds to read and prepare for the question and 3 minutes to speak about it. 7 of them were general HR questions and 1 was a guess estimate question.
After few weeks you'll get a call or mail from HR that you have cleared the online test and will be further proceeding with your profile.
Next there will be a telephonic round with the HR where few more puzzles, attention to detail questions and guesstimates will be asked. If you clear that then HR will explain you the profile and other compensation details about the company and will forward you to the next round.
Next Round is the most important round "The Case Study" round. In this you will be given a typical business problem and 4-5 questions (+ subsections) based on the premise. Total time will be 30-40 minutes. The case study will be highly based on DATA graphs pie charts table etc. So have good practice of DI. TIP : Don't stick to any one question for too long at least try all the questions if not completed. After that there will be a Case study interview with a Senior Associate or Manager and your case and answers will be discussed. BE confident in that round your candidature depends on this round only. There will also be some puzzles riddles and guesstimates in this round. If you clear this round there will be a final Behavioral FIT round on the same day (Most probably) in that more HR questions will be asked and you will be assessed whether you are fit for this profile or not. Questions from you resume (resume probe) will also be asked so be prepared. That is all if you clear this round HR will inform you about the onboarding procedure or you'll get a regret mail in case you 're not selected. The key is to be highly analytical, confident and good with numbers, graphs and guesstimates. I was rejected in my case interview. There is no technical round for BOA or DAA profile. Tech round only for the BTA profile. Thanks. Good Luck!
Interview questions [5]
Question 1
In Video interview , "How many traffic lights are there in your city?" Explain your approach and come to a rough number
The interview process consisted of 2 rounds since it was an on campus oppurtunity. During the first round which was a case study round, where I was given an easy case study and 4-5 related questions which I sailed through easily. The interviewer was very nice and helpful. After this they shortlisted 8 students out of initial 16 shortlistings for the role. I went for round 2 where I was asked about my projects, behavorial and technical fitness for role, my switch from IT to Management. I was also asked a puzzle. While others were asked puzzles on probability and SQL questions. Witing for the result. Overall experience was nice!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was asked to solve a basic case study on Election campaign. I was given sufficient data to solve the question. The question was : If in 2017 elections, there were 6 parties and you work for BJP(Bhartiya Janseva Party) who is holding the seat of current nation leader. You are given 5 parties their voter percentage turnouts like party 1: 40% party 2: 20% party 3: 25% party 4: 10% party 5:5%. Now in new elections (2024) there enters a sixth party which has now a significant vote share drawn from all other parties and is on the winning route. Table 2 shows how many voter %age has been taken up by party 6 which was earlier being held by other parties: eg. party 1: 40% party 2: 18% party 3: 25% party 4: 22% party 5: 50% now you need to compute that what is the net share of each party in current elections given party 6 has projection of gaining 40% of total votes.
Secondly I was given two graphs where i had to do basic math in order to optimize the budget spent on adertisement. They can be practiced online.
For next round I was asked a puzzle: Tell me how many spheres (hollow) can you fit in a room 10*10*10 where diameter of a cube is 1 m. Optimize.
the interviewer was chill and it went very well. he went through my resume and asked me questions from my resume. also asked some random case studies and checked my critical thinking
2 Rounds of Interviews. First was the Technical round with Basic programming questions and Questions based on my Resume. Technical concepts like python programming, basics of MySQL and Database, Computer Basics were covered.
Then was the HR Round which included Guesstimates, Questions about myself and thoughts on AI
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain with examples how Database Normalisation Works.
Write a python program to Swap two numbers